The Paredes surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 18,689 people carried this name — #1,758 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,400 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 343 people named Paredes.
137 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 34 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
325 people named Paredes live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Paredes in American newspapers,
1845–1946.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,125 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Paredes,
with a public archive behind them.
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Diego García de Paredes 1466–1533 · writer -
José Gregorio Paredes 1778–1839 · physician -
Mariano Paredes 1797–1849 · military personnel -
Mariano Paredes 1800–1856 · politician -
Ana Paredes Arosemena 1854–1920 · First Lady
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 223 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Paredes.
- Pardes 140 · U.S. census
- Pardi 759 · U.S. census
- Pardini 916 · U.S. census
- Pardo 8,847 · U.S. census
- Pardon 997 · U.S. census
- Pare 3,139 · U.S. census
- Paree 131 · U.S. census
- Pareja 952 · U.S. census
- Parel 254 · U.S. census
- Parent 10,874 · U.S. census
- Parente 3,017 · U.S. census
- Parenteau 2,229 · U.S. census
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